PSYB30H3 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Notes
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In last part of 20th century, theorists looked to culture, social structure and other complex forces in social environment to help interpretation: all theorists agree that people"s stories are not what they seem. Freud: freud believed oedipus story is fundamental story for making sense of life. The story of oedipus: oedipus rex was tragic drama written by sophocles, oedipus was king of thebes, once saved thebans by solving riddle, he unknowingly committed patricide and incest (killed father and made love to his mother) Jocasta becomes his mother and wife: oedipus was left to die b/c it was foretold he would kill his father and marry his mother. He attempted to move cities to avoid the prophecy, but ended up moving back to where he was originally from. A case of oedipal dynamics: the death of yukio mishima: yukio mishima was successful japanese novelist that committed suicide at age 46 in.